PARAGUAY VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,533	1	4,327	+ 2,206
Violence	2	2,923	13	566	+ 2,357
Stroke	3	2,514	2	3,007	- 493
Lung Disease	4	2,416	7	1,181	+ 1,236
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,634	4	1,661	- 27
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,178	6	1,552	- 374
Kidney Disease	7	1,037	5	1,592	- 556
Hypertension	8	971	8	895	+ 76
Stomach Cancer	9	927	24	355	+ 572
Lung Cancers	10	796	10	738	+ 59
Diabetes Mellitus	11	763	3	2,361	- 1,599
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	663	16	543	+ 120
Breast Cancer	13	557	20	481	+ 76
Prostate Cancer	14	544	15	546	- 3
Other Neoplasms	15	486	19	487	- 1
Congenital Anomalies	16	449	11	662	- 212
HIV/AIDS	17	407	21	448	- 41
Lymphomas	18	395	29	245	+ 150
Liver Disease	19	368	17	524	- 156
Cervical Cancer	20	344	18	516	- 172
Leukemia	21	335	27	272	+ 63
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	327	36	144	+ 183
Low Birth Weight	23	318	12	644	- 327
Liver Cancer	24	313	35	152	+ 161
Pancreas Cancer	25	307	28	258	+ 49
Suicide	26	298	22	425	- 127
Malnutrition	27	285	25	330	- 45
Other Injuries	28	242	9	843	- 602
Falls	29	230	43	100	+ 130
Endocrine Disorders	30	207	14	562	- 355
Inflammatory/Heart	31	202	34	154	+ 48
Tuberculosis	32	193	26	273	- 80
Ovary Cancer	33	170	45	85	+ 85
Skin Disease	34	167	37	144	+ 23
Skin Cancers	35	156	40	125	+ 31
Oesophagus Cancer	36	127	33	173	- 47
Oral Cancer	37	122	38	134	- 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	113	31	192	- 79
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	106	47	69	+ 37
Drownings	40	105	32	178	- 74
Birth Trauma	41	98	30	213	- 114
Bladder Cancer	42	92	51	57	+ 36
Epilepsy	43	91	44	98	- 8
Drug Use	44	75	56	38	+ 37
Uterin Cancer	45	64	54	45	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	46	60	49	64	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	47	58	41	122	- 64
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	51	52	52	- 2
War	49	39	71	3	+ 37
Meningitis	50	37	53	52	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	37	48	66	- 29
Appendicitis	52	32	57	37	- 5
Chagas disease	53	31	60	19	+ 12
Asthma	54	29	39	126	- 97
Dengue	55	20	62	16	+ 4
Fires	56	19	50	63	- 44
Anemia	57	15	46	82	- 66
Osteoarthritis	58	10	58	30	- 20
Hepatitis C	59	10	72	3	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	60	9	68	8	+ 1
Poisonings	61	9	63	14	- 4
Hepatitis B	62	8	67	10	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	6	55	43	- 37
Encephalitis	64	6	66	11	- 5
Syphilis	65	5	42	119	- 114
Upper Respiratory	66	4	70	4	- 0
Malaria	67	4	81	0	+ 4
Alcohol	68	3	23	410	- 406
Pertussis	69	3	59	30	- 27
Schizophrenia	70	3	69	8	- 5
Tetanus	71	2	64	12	- 10
Leprosy	72	1	65	12	- 11
Otitis Media	73	1	74	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	1	61	17	- 16
Oral conditions	75	1	73	2	- 1
Ascariasis	76	1	76	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	80	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	81	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	75	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	83	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PARAGUAY

Colombia

Paraguay

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.